Victor Gaudin

Victor Gaudin (23 January 1778-Early May 1811) was a Colonel of the French Army who fought in the Peninsular War. He was killed in the Battle of Cordoba.

Biography
Victor Gaudin was born in Douailles, France in 1778. He became an officer in the French cavalry after attending the University of Saint-Cyr, and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, fighting in the Egypt Campaign under Joachim Murat in the Battle of Aboukir. Gaudin later served with distinguishment under Murat in the Europe Campaign of 1805-1812, and in 1808 he was dispatched to Spain.

Gaudin was posted in Cordoba in southern Spain in command of a cavalry unit of dragoons, and in 1811 he led a charge against Spanish guerrilla leader Carlito Ortega. However, he was ambushed by Spanish Tiradores and gunned down in a hail of bullets.